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A happy ending for Liverpool was not in the script

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Liverpool seemed destined to be remembered as, in Roy Keane's brutal phrase, "bad champions".

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Richard Jolly

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"It is almost impossible to qualify for the Champions League."
It was March and Jurgen Klopp, a manager defined by his optimism, sounded pessimistic.
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